Breath of Fire IV - Update

I was in my early teens when I bought Breath of Fire IV.  Maybe as young as eleven, which would make it thirteen years ago.  It was the first Breath of Fire game I ever owned, so it may be surprising that it's the one Breath of Fire game I've never completed.  I don't know why.  I've gotten as far as the end of Chapter III before, but no further.

There comes a point, in a lot of RPGs, where you need to run around and take of a lot of subquests and minigames before you get to the final boss.  That's always the point at which my attention begins to wane.  I think there's a part of me that doesn't actually want to finish games, because that happens quite a lot.  That's the whole reason behind my Completion Project - to challenge me not to give up at that point. Like I'm not going to this time.  I'm going to sit here all weekend and finish this damn game if it's the last thing I do.

I have very little left to complete.  I've completed every master and learned every skill.  I've caught every fish, though I've not crowned all of them yet.  I just need to get all the best weapons for my characters - which will involve more fishing, since I only have 51 stamp cards - defeat Treans and Riders - partly for pride, partly to get another weapon - and get through the final dungeon.

These are the items I've yet to get;

• Mass Driver - For Ershin.  104 attack.  Steal from Chopam in Fou-Lu's tomb.

• Nunchaku - For Cray.  145 Attack.  Dropped by Trean in Abandoned Village.

• Linked Pole - For Cray.  133 power.  Manillo Store.  Trade 75 stamp cards for it.
• Render - For Scias.  2 hits, attack varies with number of battles fought.  Trade 99 stamp cards to any Manillo.

• GooKing Sword - For Ryu.  152 power.  You have a 1/256 chance of winning this sword by defeating a Goo King in the Imperial Castle.
• Ouroboros - For Nina.  96 attack.  Casts Raise Dead if used as an item.  Steal from Beihl in the basement of the Imperial Castle. 
• Slicer - For Scias.  78 attack, 2 hits.  Dropped by Kolpum in Imperial Castle.
• Angel's Vest - For Nina and Ursula.  94 defence.  Dropped by a Warder in the Imperial Castle, or steal from Star Gazer in Imperial Castle.

• Dragon Blade - For Ryu.  128 power.  On B1 of the Imperial Castle.
• Dragon Armour - For Ryu.  96 defence.  1F of the Imperial Castle.

• Royal Sword - For Ryu.  96 power, two hits.  Steal from Astral dragon, a boss near the end of the game.
• Royal Armour - For Ryu.  102 defence.  Steal from Tyrant, a boss near the end of the game.

I've categorised them loosely according to where they are, and/or how you get them.  I think my information on the Angel's Vest is wrong, since the game reckons I've received all the items from the Stargazer and the Angel's Vest isn't on the list.  We'll see.

I'm just doing a bit more levelling, to boost my stats to have another go at Treans.  I want to complete my Manillo shops list with points, so I'll do a bit more fishing for that, then try to figure out the most efficient way to get enough points for 149 stamp cards.  Luckily, levelling and fishing I can do while watching TV, so I'll be catching up on Elementary as well, or reading Carrie.  Wish me luck!